At Gleason's Gym |
Publication Information
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Author: Lewin, Ted |
Illustrator: Ted Lewin |
Title: At Gleason's Gym |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Roaring Book Press |
City: New Milford CN |
ISBN, paperback: 13-978-1-59643-231-4 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, memoirs/reminiscences, biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
literature and arts| social studies
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Summary: |
The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the music of the gym and there is great use of figurative language. The book includes a glossary to help with boxing terms |
Teaching Ideas: |
Share with student and discuss the figurative language used (metaphor, personification, hyperbole, simile) Research more about this gym and the famous people who trained there. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Book Conversations
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
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Helping Students in the Writing Process
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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(Write and Share) 2
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf
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